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1987: When the Day Comes (2017)

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In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is supposed to sign the cremation release, raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart attack, and he begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved in the case, the truth gets...more

In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is supposed to sign the cremation release, raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart attack, and he begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved in the case, the truth gets out, causing an eruption of public outrage.less

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Released

Running Time

129min

Release Date

Dec 27, 2017

Country

South Korea

Rating

15

Language

Co-Production

N

Original

Box Office

Number of Screens : 1,299

Total Admissions : 7,232,387

Total Gross : $48,964,458

As of May 24, 2019

Contact Point

CJ Entertainment | filmsales@cj.net

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